And I've always been very close to my friends and allies in the black community, the Latino community and organized labor. — Tom Hayden Copy Share Image
I don't have a community like a black community to belong to [with] a musical platform that's been built for years and… — M.I.A Copy Share Image
“I thought I had it all figured out. I thought of racism as an inanimate, immortal system, not as a living, recognizable,… — Ibram X. Kendi Copy Share Image
AIDS is a very, very, very vicious disease, particularly in the black community. — Bill Duke Copy Share Image
'Roots' was a massive responsibility because it is this foundational text in the States and it also resonates fairly strongly with pretty… — Rege-Jean Page Copy Share Image
Sara Blair's Harlem Crossroads is an important addition to the body of literature that currently exists about Harlem. It brilliantly illuminates the… — Dawoud Bey Copy Share Image
We can't talk about the black community. It's no longer a homogeneous community; it was never a homogeneous community. — Angela Davis Copy Share Image
The Nova Scotian black community always remembered Viola Desmond - they didn't lose track of her, ever. Her memory was very much… — Constance Backhouse Copy Share Image
Those in the community who defy authority and 'break the law' seem to enjoy the good life and have everything in the… — Huey Newton Copy Share Image
It has always been an irony to me that the 'religious right' has come under so much attack for being involved in… — Kay Coles James Copy Share Image
Not all of us are as effective as we could be, should be, or need to be, but some of the [most… — Michael C Dawson Copy Share Image
“What would the black community be if we taught our children love, family values, self-respect, nonviolence, how to manage money, how to… — Lashaunda K. Jackson-Williams Copy Share Image
“One such question revolved around the informal institution of black kids eating together in the cafeteria. I’m going to let you in… — Baratunde Thurston Copy Share Image
Light-skinned black people are seen to be closer to white people. The allegiance to lighter-skinned people has operated in a very destructive… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
In America, interracial dating or marriage is not something that is as accepted. Certain people feel strongly against it, in both communities.… — Jodie Turner-Smith Copy Share Image
It goes back in the black community that the police are not your friends. That's an old, old, deep understanding that we… — Courtney B. Vance Copy Share Image
In the days of segregation, when blacks were limited to certain neighborhoods, you could look around the black community and identify who… — Roger Wilkins Copy Share Image
Historically it has been a touchy subject, especially in the south where I am from, people don't really talk about it. If… — Andre Holland Copy Share Image
That's how I am and how I've always looked at the world. I understood what the pavilions were before I came to… — Mark Bradford Copy Share Image
We were coming out of the black community with this thing called rap music, which was basically black men yelling at the… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
A lot of people heard about gin and juice for the first time from Snoop Dogg, but it was nothing new in… — Boots Riley Copy Share Image
Music is the very cement that has not just held the black community together but holds black selves together in a fundamental… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
The black community has fallen into this horribly dysfunctional equilibrium. — Amy Wax Copy Share Image
The black community wants to buy things and want to see themselves portrayed in a certain way. And if they don't like… — Mike Colter Copy Share Image
I find it really unique that the black community, who has been oppressed and is still oppressed, can find a way to… — Trevante Rhodes Copy Share Image
